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HomeMy WebLinkAboutPlanning Brd Min_11061991RECEIVED PLANNING BOARD g( NOV 27 Pill 2. 33 MINUTES November 6, 1991 'il r` : HELD i 1ASSACHUSETTS PRESENT: Chairman Madan, Clerk Cadden PLANNERS: Caponigro, Flynn, McClanahan, Quinn* Shaun P. Burke, Director of Planning and Development MEETING CALLED TO ORDER AT 7:30 P.M. The Planning Board took a consensus unanimously to support the East Mansfield sewer project. 2. PLANNING SESSION - ZONING ISSUES The Planning Board discussed a memorandum from Shaun Burke, Planning Director, to the Planning Board regarding Zoning By -Law amendments, additions, etc. After the discussion of the memo had ended the Planning Board offered the following: Planner Flynn stated that she was pleased with Master Plan and with the zoning that was voted in at that time and would like to take a look at the effect of the changes in a year or two and make adjustments at that time. Planner Caponigro agreed with Planner Flynn. Clerk Cadden stated that he would like to look at connecting the two downtown areas, traffic flow, transportation, Route 140 access and frontage roads, Route 495 to School Street zoning. * *Chairman Madan left the meeting to go to the Board of Selectmen's meeting. MOTION: Planner McClanahan to act as Clerk. (Cadden - Flynn) All in FAVOR. PASSES. 3. 8:00 P.M. - WHITETAIL ACRES - MODIFICATION HEARING Acting Clerk McClanahan read the public hearing notice. Eugene Boyle of School Street Realty Trust was present for this hearing. Memo from Dan Clifford to Shaun Burke stating a cost to complete the Whitetail Acres subdivision. Shaun P. Burke, Planning Director, stated the reason for the public hearing. Surety no longer exists to guaranty completion of the Whitetail Acres subdivision, which is stiTl incomplete. * *Chairman Madan reentered the Planning Board meeting from the Selectmen's meeting at this time. Page -2- November 6, 1991 Planning Board Minutes Eugene Boyle addressed the Board stating points that he was and wasn't in agreement with in Dan Clifford's memorandum regarding incomplete work. Shaun Burke, Planning Director, suggested that the Planning Board have the applicant post a bond in the amount of five thousand dollars to guaranty completion of the subdivision and to act as contingency until the time of acceptance. Planner McClanahan suggested that the remaining two lots be placed back under covenant, if Mr. Boyle is willing to do so, until the time when a bond in the amount of five thousand dollars is posted. Public Discussion Bobby Barnes - Nice job with landscaping in the subdivision. Concern of School Street's surface MOTION: To send a letter to the Board of Selectmen informing them of Mr. Barnes' concern and copy the Engineering ( Department. (Flynn - McClanahan) All in favor. PASSES. Chairman Madan asked Mr. Boyle if it was his intention to fix School Street /Otis Street intersection. Mr. Boyle stated not at this time. MOTION: To put lot Nos. 3 and 5 by Eugene Boyle until amount of five thousand Town. (McClanahan - Caponigro) 4. CORRESPONDENCE back under covenant as agreed a bond or passbook in the dollars is posted with the All in favor. PASSES. Memorandum to William F. Williams, Town Manager, from the Engineering Department regarding construction of Villa and West Street sidewalks MOTION: To send a favorable recommendation and suggest that the Villa Street sidewalk be completed with concrete. (Caponigro - Flynn) All in favor. PASSES. Zoning Board of Appeals Recommendations: Ed Jaegar - 361 Williams Street MOTION: For a favorable recommendation. i (Caponigro- McClanahan) (4 -1) Chairman Madan opposed. PASSES. If the house was built before 1975, the applicant will need a variance for only a tenth of a foot. Page -3- November 6, 1991 Planning Board Minutes Michael Kelly - 17 Fruit Street MOTION: For a positive recommendation. (Caponigro- McClanahan) (2 -3) Zoning Board of Appeals - Statement of Facts: Cabot Partners - GRANTED Jeffrey Elofson - 32 Branch Street - DENIED William R. Sibilia - 10 Dean Street - GRANTED Robert W. Fleck - 135 Highland Avenue - GRANTED Yvonne Debruyn - 328 Elm Street - GRANTED Donald Mercier - 750 Ware Street - GRANTED Letter from Herb Fuller of East Coast Development to the Planning Board thanking the Board for Holding a Saturday Meeting to accommodate the Alchemist Court project Letter to the Conservation Commission from the Planning Board apologizing for lack of a quorum on October 16, 1991. A joint Conservation Commission Planning Board meeting was supposed to be held on that date. Request from Dennis Baker of Brookdale Corporation and recommendation from Dan Clifford, Subdivision Inspector to release $26,472 for the Conrod Acres subdivision MOTION: To release $26,472 for the Conrod Court subdivision. (Flynn - McClanahan) All in favor. PASSES. Letter from Herb Fuller, East Coast Development, to the Planning Board requesting that the remaining surety balance being held for Northridge Road be released and that the Board accept an attached bond in the amount of $6,000 as the contingency. MOTION: To send a letter to Mr. Fuller stating that the Board is reviewing the proposal. (Flynn - Cadden) All in favor. PASSES. Form K for Hallett Crossing II Phase II Posted by Walmark Corporation with Walpole Cooperative Bank MOTION: To sign. ( Cadden- Flynn) (4 -0 -1) Planner McClanahan Abstains. PASSES. Memorandum to All Departments, Boards and Commissions, Board of Selectmen from William F. Williams, Town Manager, regarding the 1991 Annual Town Report �. Memorandum to the Planning Board from William F. Williams, Town Manager, regarding the first Capital Improvements Committee meeting Page -4- November 6, 1991 Planning Board Minutes A consensus of the Planning Board was to appoint Marydee Flynn and Michael McClanahan as Planning Board representatives to the Capital Improvements Committee and Tony Caponigro as an alternate Memorandum to All Department Heads from William F. Williams, Town Manager, regarding Municipal Project Plans Letter to Kevin Byrne from William F. Williams, Town Manager, regarding a student map project The Planning Board would like to see the map that the student is going to use prior to the student using it. Copy of a memo to the Board of Selectmen from the Conservation Commission stating the Commission's goals and objectives Memo to William F. Williams, Town Manager, from Shaun P. Burke, Director of Planning and Development, requesting permission to contact Town Counsel to review documents pertaining to the Mill Farm cluster development Letter from Joseph L. Amaral, Register, Bristol County Registry of Deeds, regarding recording documents at the Registry Motion for Summary Judgement for Van Gemert Estates and Trowbridge Woods Planning Board Goals and Objectives Planning Department budget * *Planner Quinn Entered the Meeting Building Construction for the Month of October Letter from Cartographich Associates, Inc., Re: Planning Maps APA Bulletin Board Planning Magazine The Zoning Report ERI Short Courses: Fundamentals of Groundwater Natural News Letter from SRPEDD Re Industrial and Land Inventory The Ernest & Young Guide to Water and Wastewater Pricing 1991 Zoning and Planning Law Handbook Lincoln Institute of Land Policy The Board of Directors Announces the Formation Geographics Inc. Children & Families in Cities Ad: WASHINGTON ON VIEW THE NATION'S CAPITAL SINCE W. Reps Build Boston '91 Finance and of Applied 1790, By John Page -5- November 6, 1991 Planning Board Minutes 5 0 No. Attleboro Zoning Board of Appeal Land Use Manager New England Economic Indicators Letter from Massachusetts Historical MAPD November Meeting Notice Public Management Magazine Public Hearing Notice Commission DISCUSSION OF THE MBTA TWENTY -YEAR TRANSPORTATION PLAN There will be a meeting in Norwood on Thursday, November 15, 1991, regarding the MBTA Twenty -Year Transportation Plan. Planning Director, Shaun Burke, stated that he feels that the Town should make its concerns known to the META at that meeting. The Planning Board took a consensus to request time on the Board of Selectmen's agenda to discuss the transportation plan with them, which was favorable. FORM A (ANR) PLANS Donald Mercier - Ware Street MOTION: To sign. (McClanahan - Caponigro) (2 -2 -2) Planner Flynn and Clerk Cadden opposed. Planner Quinn and Chairman Madan abstain. MOTION: To table. (Quinn - Flynn) Planner seconded the motion. Clerk Cadden in favor Flynn withdrew second. Clerk Cadden (3 -3) (Planners Quinn and Flynn and AROUND THE TABLE Shaun P Burke, Planning Director, expressed his concern of the lack of progress in the drainage area in Sturbridge Estates. Mr. Burke read a letter to Folkman and Zola Builders, Inc. from Dan Clifford, Subdivision Inspector, and Richard Lewis, Environmental and Conservation Agent regarding the drainage problem. A letter from Jay Zola in response of the above letter was also read at this time. ADJOURNMENT - 10:30 P.M. 1 t f),5_ Clerk's Signature Date of Approval